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1997 Chrysler Town and Country steering complaints
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The power steering system functions properly at start-up, but somtime after driving, the steering system locks-up. It actually requires more force to turn the wheel than if the engine had stalled. Several trips to various chrysler dealers failed to diagnose the problem until tuesday, may 30 at walser chry. In burnsville, mn. This problem is especially treacherous because the vehicle operates normally at start-up.
Belt and the tension rod in power steering assembly broke with 30,000 miles on vehicle. Both components were replaced by dealership. On 04/10/2001, consumer was driving at approximately 10 MPH here was a popping noise, and power steering was lost. Dealership informed consumer that belt and tensioner rod went out again at 63,000 miles. Dealership stated that this needed to be replaced every 30,000 miles.
Consumer is experiencing problems with steering column where airbag light comes on/loss of cruise control, and electrical problems. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
The courtesy light in the door burned out. Nlm consumer states while his wife was driving vehicle the steering wheel suddenly became extremly difficult to turn, consumer was told that the vehicle needed new struts and a new rack an pinion, also the windshield wopers come on by themselves and the air bag light on the dashboard stays on.
Power steering is lost when vehicle runs through a deep puddle of water. Dealer has been contacted.*ak the problem was supposedly fixed but occured again.
This vehicle is equipped with one belt system and it slipped off with no reason. Steering became hard and vehicle almost crashed into other oncoming vehicle.
Fire while driving, brakes, power steering completely failed.
When going through puddles, the power steering fails. It is a major concern as we were nearly involved in a wreck due to the failure of the power steering.
When starting vehicle to drive power steering system fails, causing loss of vehicle control, cause unknown. *ak the dealer replaced power steering pump and rack and pinion gear assembley.
The serpentine belt came off during a slow speed turn in the rain, causing complete loss of power steering. The tensioner pulley is the root cause of the belt tracking problem. It is misaligned. Information from websites and the federal safety agency database, and my local dealer in wisoncin confirmed that his is a very common problem with these engines and can result in a complete loss of vehicle control. I believe this represents a serious design defect and chrysler should redesign the part and replace it for free.
Every time I drive into a puddle my steering wheel locks up, it takes about 2 minutes for the car to regain its steering. I have three children and this has happend dozens of times. I went to chrysler in vero beach, florida and at first they told me they never heard of this happening to anyone. They then told me the belt got wet and replaced it. The next day it happened again on the highway when I was 1 1/2 hours from home and they said bring it back which I did that day. When I returned to new york with the same problem the dealership in larchmont, new york said they never heard of the problem and could not fix it. This summer I was in vero beach and they said they heard of the problem but fixed my problem 2 years ago and now the car is no longer under warranty. This is extremely dangerous! I cannot hit a puddle for if I do, I cannot control my car. You can hear the steering straining while I am trying to control the car. I have 3 children, chrysler should repair this correctly and have a recall immediately. Please help!
Complete loss of power steering when driving through the smallest of water puddles.
When driving through puddles and the belts get wet, power steering locks up, causing a loss of control.
When making a left or right turn the steering wheel does not turn. Van was towed to dealership. Dealer found the power steering belt came off. Please list information about other incident.
Tensioner on the power steering belt froze, causing loss of power steering control. Also the tie rod end broke, which resulted in a collision. Please give any further details.
Rack and pinion failed. Yh
Steering wheel and column has intermittent grinding noise and vibrates at speeds between 25 and 35 MPH.
Due to the broken steering control arm knuckle, the front tire moved side ways, causing accident.
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